James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 30/07/2026“Outdoor and indoor temperatures above 25.7 degC are related to significantly impaired cognitive performance … with task accuracy first affected”. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 010
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Carzy! A UK petition to "ban 15-minute cities" already has 7000 votes. A Petition to require company directors to be sustainable has 100 votes. Do the decent thing. Vote & Repost! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Require Directors be responsible for and minimise company’s environmental impactWe call on the Government to amend the Companies Act 2006 to require the Director to not just promote the success of the company and have “regard to” the company’s impact on the environment, but to ma... 000
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Nice idea but, realistically, in the UK there is an opportunity to vote for a petition to migrate the current market system towards sustainability. Vote here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Require Directors be responsible for and minimise company’s environmental impactWe call on the Government to amend the Companies Act 2006 to require the Director to not just promote the success of the company and have “regard to” the company’s impact on the environment, but to ma... 100
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 08/04/2026There are 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament. This prediction is 64 going to overtly pro-independence parties (SNP & Greens). So knife-edge for a serious constitutional confrontation with Westminster. 110
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Ecological science states that pioneer species modify their own initially-successful environment & get replaced by more complex organisms, adapted for diverse niche/specialist habitats. So, maybe, the X anti-climate/environment dystopian habitat is undergoing rapid modification. Hopefully? 000
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Our blog, with video and podcast, offering explanation of our recent findings on the decline in the terrestrial biosphere's carbon sequestration. More bad news for climate change ! www.rmets.org/metmatters/c...rmets.orgClimate and carbon: There may be trouble aheadNature’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is now declining, which could mean a dangerous tipping point as father and son team James Curran and Sam Curran explain. 020
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 02/04/2026An inspiring day yesterday, helping judge lots of excellent student posters and Dragons' Den pitches during @unistrathclyde.bsky.social Sustainability Week. Such a positive & uplifting atmosphere - enjoyed also by Laura Anderson (Less-Waste-Laura) and Gerry Docherty (Circulos) 010
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Our blog, with audio and visual additions, provides easy-explanation of our recent findings that the terrestrial biosphere is losing its ability to absorb carbon. Trouble ahead ! www.rmets.org/metmatters/c...rmets.orgClimate and carbon: There may be trouble aheadNature’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is now declining, which could mean a dangerous tipping point as father and son team James Curran and Sam Curran explain. 000
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Amend the UK Companies Act. Briefing here: qrcodelink.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a... Sign Petition here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... 011
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Reform UK is a registered company. Companies Act states it must “have regard” to impact on environment, but the Party has Scrap Net-Zero policy. Act doesn’t work. Amend it. Briefing here qrcodelink.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a... Sign Petition here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... Please repostqrcodelink.wordpress.comAdditional Background to a Petition to UK Parliament & GovernmentAmend the UK Companies Act 2006 What do you want us to do Amend the UK Companies Act 2006 to ensure Directors take appropriate responsibility for the environment. Tell us more about what you want G… 000
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 28/03/2026If you're a UK resident, here's an opportunity to be proactive. We, environmentalists, have a reputation for moaning. Well, here's a positive change. Vote in this UK Government Petition. Boot on the other foot. Yes, unreconstructed companies will moan. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Require Directors be responsible for and minimise company’s environmental impactWe call on the Government to amend the Companies Act 2006 to require the Director to not just promote the success of the company and have “regard to” the company’s impact on the environment, but to ma... 000
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Reform UK is registered company. Companies Act states it must “have regard” to impact on environment, but the Party has Scrap Net-Zero policy. Act doesn’t work. Amend it. Briefing here qrcodelink.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a... Sign Petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... Dreamstime licensed 000
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Improved UK economy, reduced emissions, tackle cost-of-living? Then amend Companies Act. Briefing here qrcodelink.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a... Sign Petition here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... Please repost 000
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Companies must be successful but let’s ensure they also minimise resource-use & emissions and maximise biodiversity. Amend Companies Act. Briefing here qrcodelink.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a... Sign Petition here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... Please repost 000
Reposted by James CurranJames Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 25/03/2026UK Companies Act fails to stop companies making bad environmental decisions. Amend it. Briefing here qrcodelink.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a... Sign UK Petition here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... Please repostqrcodelink.wordpress.comAdditional Background to a Petition to UK Parliament & GovernmentAmend the UK Companies Act 2006 What do you want us to do Amend the UK Companies Act 2006 to ensure Directors take appropriate responsibility for the environment. Tell us more about what you want G… 012
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 25/03/2026UK Companies Act fails to stop companies making bad environmental decisions. Amend it. Briefing here qrcodelink.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a... Sign UK Petition here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... Please repostqrcodelink.wordpress.comAdditional Background to a Petition to UK Parliament & GovernmentAmend the UK Companies Act 2006 What do you want us to do Amend the UK Companies Act 2006 to ensure Directors take appropriate responsibility for the environment. Tell us more about what you want G… 012
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I have an indoor, real-time, CO2 monitor. It's currently sitting at 1100 ppm beside my desk (our house is Victorian, stone-built, designed to be drafty, but it's calm outside) which could, apparently, mean a reduction in cognitive function of 20%. That's my excuse anyway ... 021
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Just a completely untenable prospect. There is a huge social and political aspect to mass human migration - that, sadly, we are already experiencing in many unpleasant manifestations. For a quick read, my article here: www.holyrood.com/comment/view...holyrood.comWe need to start preparing for the impact of thousands of 'climate migrants'Scotland could expect to see between 250,000 and 1.5m climate migrants by 2050, says James Curran 010
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 23/02/2026I tried, years ago, to get Consumers Assocn to look into the legality, via Consumer Protection Act, of selling a tomato that looks like a tomato but doesn't taste like a tomato. Other fruits too. Panels assessing odour are used to enforce air pollution rules, same could be aplied to taste, surely. 120
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Scottish Enlightenment scientist Hutton (1726-1797) was a genius: founder of geological science, outlined continental drift & evolution (pre Darwin), invented met instruments, theorised on rain, pioneered in agriculture. Support the world-class research continued in his name? unearthed.hutton.ac.uk 011
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Qualitatively very much agrees with our analysis. Adding things up to determine a relatively small residual is always tricky but looking across this fairly lengthy period gives credibility. Total change in B(IM) at -0.14 per decade means -0.9 across 65 years, which is about 25% of CO2 growth rate. 010
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Meanwhile Europe seeks to go zero-mercury environment.ec.europa.eu/news/revised...environment.ec.europa.euRevised Mercury Regulation enters into forceStronger rules to protect people and the planet from the toxic metal have now come into effect. 010
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 20/02/2026And companies will go bust & walk away from pollution. Exactly the case in Scotland where, as CEO of the environment agency, I had to pursue the liquidators of coal mining through the courts - to establish legal precedent that assets must be used for pollution control www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scot...bbc.co.ukOpencast mine owners cannot walk away from clean up, court rulesOwners of failed opencast mines in Scotland cannot walk away from their obligations to clean them up, a court rules. 020
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Ryan, Can you supply a published reference please? Always happy to look at contrary evidence - which I would really much prefer to be true … 100
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 19/02/2026The law is (often) an ass. Reform Party, a registered company, can get away with policy to scrap Net Zero although the Companies Act requires them to "have regard" to impact on the environment. But .. a Petition is forthcoming & briefing is here. Be ready qrcodelink.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a... 000
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Against what is Net Zero actually net? If, for example, the natural sequestration of the terrestrial biosphere is declining (rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...) then Net Zero becomes rather elusive. The first year of Net Zero is no longer net zero the year after. Ooops ...rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNatural sequestration of carbon dioxide is in decline: climate change will accelerateThe rate of natural sequestration of CO2 from the atmosphere by the terrestrial biosphere peaked in 2008. Atmospheric concentrations will rise more rapidly than previously, in proportion to annual CO.... 382
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Briefing here on the forthcoming petition: qrcodelink.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/a... I've thought about this for a while. Did you know the Reform UK Party is a registered company, apparently complying with the UK Companies Act, despite having policy to scrap Net Zero? The Act needs urgent amendment. 001
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 17/02/2026New to Bluesky - having left X-Twitter a while ago for ethics. Moved to LinkedIn, OK for enviro-sustainability debate, but not like Twitter a few years back. I’m soon to launch a UK Parliament Petition, really important for environment. I’ll need help in spreading the message. Please follow & help?ethics.to 110
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 05/02/2026World Economic Forum puts climate/nature in top 3 places for risk over next 10yrs. For the PM to describe environment regulation as unnecessary/misguided is dangerous. Analysis shows, across nations, no relation between strength of environment control and GDP growth www.scotlink.org/you-say-econ...scotlink.orgYou say economy, and I say ecology: Let’s call the whole thing off – Scotlink 000
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 31/01/2026As has famously been stated, politicians are “here today, gone tomorrow” so any business would be reckless to take advantage of this short-lived deregulation. Surely ? 000
James Curran @jamescurranhere.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I've just joined Bluesky a few minutes ago. Did a search and (bit of surprise) the first post I see - has me in the picture! Agreed - a really good LINK meeting. Delivery of public environmental commitments is dire. That's why I wrote (with colleagues) this blog: www.holyrood.com/comment/view...holyrood.comScotland needs to do better on environmental protectionThere’s been a lot of thinking across the third sector recently on suggestions for party manifestos in the forthcoming S... 242